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verger Definition

verger (vʉrjər)

noun

  1. a person who carries a verge before a bishop, dean, etc. in a procession
  2. a church caretaker or usher

Etymology: ME: see verge & -er

verger Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • church: Part of it was, for many years, used to house the verger of the church and his family.

Possessives

  • position: On the whole it reads more like an application for a verger's position and St. Albion than an overview of his political beliefs.

Adjective modifier

  • old: Fortunately that night as the old verger told me, a " tempest " raged.
  • new: What will she make of Gilbert's new verger?

Noun used with modifier

  • church: Miss Coleman arranged accomodation and Mrs Vidler became the local church verger till the end of the war!
  • head: He converses with the head verger, who opines: ' They've built a new console in the transept.

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